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J. B; MILES. LOGGERHEAD' FOB HAMES.

No; 416,684. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.,

, 7W) Ailorney UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACKSON B. MILES, OF LINCOLNTON, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO W'.H. GROVES AND O. S. HOLLINSHEAD, BOTl-I OF SAME PLACE.

LOGGERHEAD FOR HAM ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,684, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed June 29, 1889. Serial No. 316,013. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAcKsoN B. MILES, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Linoolnton, in the county of Lincoln and State ofGeorgia, havein vented certain new and useful Improvements inLoggerheads for Hames; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a partof thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawingsis a representation of this invention and is aperspective view. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are perspective views of thedifferent portions of the loggerhead.

This invention relates to loggerheads or tug-hooks for hames; and itconsists in the novel construction and combination of parts,

as hereinafter described, and the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the harness-hame,and B the depointed out in tachable loggerhead or tug attached theretoby the staple V.

The loggerhead or tug is recessed or cut out at a, on both upper andlower edges, to form double hooks b for the attachment of the chain ortrace 0. The forward portion of the The object of the invention is toprovide a simple and effective tug-hook which may be applied to thestaple of the hame without withdrawing the latter in case of accident tothe tug.

In attaching the tug to the staple on the hame it is necessary to removethe shield or keeper plate. The hook portion at of the tug is thenslipped around the hame-staple and the keeper-plate fastened inposition, eifectually securing the tug to the hame. The tug beingprovided with two hooks is thereby made doubly effective, for should onehook break or be otherwise injured the draft-chain is ready to be gearedto the other hook.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

The detachable tug-fastening for 'hames, comprising the tug having ahook d atits forward end and the angular keeper-plate D, connected tothe tug and engaging the beak of the hook cl, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACKSON B. MILE-S.

WVitnesses:

J. J. MURRAY, J. H. MAY.

